UH Board of Regents hires search firm for president search
A Chicago-based search firm will help with finding the next University of Hawaiʻi president.
A Chicago-based search firm will help with finding the next University of Hawaiʻi president.
According to a poll of UH Professional Assembly, boosting research is crucial to maintaining UH's prestigious R1 status.
An announcement will be made when the meeting is scheduled.
President Lassner also congratulated Shannon Asejo who was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Buildings and Grounds Maintenance.
The regents will vote to approve up to 12 candidates for the Presidential Search Advisory Group at a February 16 special presidential search BOR meeting.
President Lassner also covered extramural funding.
The BOR determined how the stakeholder advisory group for the search for the next president of the 10-campus system will be developed.
The BOR is currently in the process of hiring, by January 31, an executive search company.
The new president would begin in fall 2024, replacing current President David Lassner, who announced that he will retire in 2024.
The UH Mānoa professor emerita was posthumously honored at the December 7 Board of Regents meeting.